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Role in the story
- Attacked by the Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand.<ref>“We need to decide who goes where,” Defiant said. “The first teleportation marked coordinates on Houston.”
Weaver spoke up, “I noted Shatterbirds and Burnscars leaving, some Damsels, bunch of others I didn’t catch, but they had weapons and I’m thinking Winter or Crimson. There were some I parsed as hostages, but it’s only in retrospect that I’m thinking they were Nice Guys.” - Excerpt from Interlude 26a</ref>
PRT
Houston houses the third PRT department, one of the top departments, and is focused on providing training.<ref>The PRT is big, and being big, it has an awful lot of places to stow the more problematic capes. The top departments have individualized roles where they focus on a specific dimension of PRT activities, whether it's overall administration (New York), branding (LA), or training (Houston). - reddit comment by Wildbow.</ref> Houston's Protectorate is first lead by Eidolon,<ref>Eidolon – Member of the Triumvirate and head of the Houston branch of the Protectorate. Viewed by many as one of the most powerful capes in the world, can manifest a handful of powers at a time, with virtually no restrictions, automatically gaining whatever abilities he needs to face a given crisis. Wears a green-white costume with a hood, and a glow emanating from both hood and sleeves. - Cast</ref> but he is later replaced by Exalt, who acts as an interim leader,<ref>“I found what Behemoth is after. Who can I talk to?”
Dispatch stepped out of the way, so the man in white with the starburst helm was free to act.
“Me,” the man in white said. “I’m Exalt. Interim leader.”
“The Texas Protectorate leader.”
“Houston Protectorate, yes.” - Excerpt from Crushed 24.4</ref> with Dispatch acting as a second in command.<ref>“Dispatch, the second in command of Houston.”
Prism at least had an apparent reason to dislike me, but Dispatch’s expression suggested he’d come to that conclusion all on his own. His costume was white, with steel points rising from his shoulders and either side of his brow. The mask that covered the upper half of his face was sculpted into a perpetual frown. I might not have given it a second thought, but his mouth… the frown left me little doubt he didn’t like me, right off the bat. - Excerpt from Drone 23.1</ref>
Gentle Giant is a Ward in Houston,<ref>Gentle Giant – A monstrous member of the Wards in Houston. - Cast</ref> but he resigns after the Echidna-incident, joining the Irregulars.
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